Mix with chopped ham, 1 onion and 2 sprigs of parsley chopped fine.

"Mother, I be dretful sorry ter take yew away from your posies," muttered Abraham as he arose with his green sprig in his hand.

At Lausanne the poet made a pilgrimage to the haunts of Gibbon, broke a sprig from his acacia-tree, and carried off some rose leaves from his garden.

The ancients believed, too, that the laurel had the power of communicating the gift of prophecy, as well as poetic genius; and, when they wished to procure pleasant dreams, would place a sprig under the pillow of their bed.

"I arranged," said he, "to send to the Holly Sprig for your machine, and then to have you and it driven over to Waterton.

The walls of the saloon are covered with crimson silk, sprigged with yellow flowers; those of the dining-room, with pale buff, and white moldings, rich tracery and elegant compartmented ceiling.

Then with a short sigh, that had just the hint of a smile in it, she took the lilac sprig into the house.

"Now, I was a-thinking," she added, "that it would be an excellent way to trim Mary's sleeves,three rows of lace, with a sprig to each row.